Legal Opinion
Dukes v. State of NY
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 31, 1990No. 86 Civ. 4580(RJW)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Walter Dukes (“Dukes”), an attorney appearing pro se, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 seeking redress for alleged violations of his constitutional rights. Dukes contends, inter alia, that defendant police officers Thomas Dowd (“Dowd”) and Carlos Gomez (“Gomez”) arrested and imprisoned him without probable cause, that Dowd and Gomez utilized excessive force in effecting his arrest, that his arrest, prosecution and conviction were the product of a conspiracy among Dowd, Gomez and others to deprive him of his rights, and that…
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